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Ninth Circuit protects para-church ministries ? really!

By Alliance Alert

ADF Attorney Kevin Theriot writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: "This decision [in Spence v. World Vision] brings the Ninth Circuit in line with several others such as the Eleventh in Atlanta and the Third in Philadelphia. What's remarkable is the court went even further than its sister circuits when making this ruling. For instance, in holding that World Vision falls under the Title VII?s exemption for religious organizations, the court said that the First Amendment would require such an exemption, even if Title VII didn?t provide for it. It?s encouraging to know that even if Congress attempts to narrow the law to only apply to churches, para-church ministries like World Vision are still protected by the Constitution."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 31, 2010 (boomark / email).